Great Solution for 2 or 3 Columns with a wordpress page or post

http://mattdanner.net/two-column-lists-using-html/ I know there are a million methods of breaking a list into two columns, but many of them involve additions to the CSS or new tables to be created.  But I like a different way.  The markup is all html, and it can easily be used in WordPress posts (using the view HTML tag [...]

White space and wordpress

Usually the wordpress editor will strip out any white space formed by just adding enter or using <br>. To leave a few lines try this <div style=”padding-bottom: 6em;”>TEXT HERE.</div>

Choosing a Colour Scheme

I found a wonderful website for helping choose colours schemes for websites: You can choose from your existing business card/print material to help you make a scheme for your website. Color Scheme Designer Don’t know what colour your print material is? If you have an electronic copy ( scan it into your computer if you [...]

The #1 Secret of Successful Businesses with Bryan Eisenberg

Great Video

OralMD

Moving from an “html” website to wordpress as a Content Management System for easier updating and a new look.

Home Loans Today

Kevin wanted to update his Home Loans Today website. The content was good but it needed a new modern look. Here’s the result. The great content is more accessible and it has a fresh clean look. I updated the website  using a theme from Studiopress. It uses a Featured Content Gallery ( the rotating images on the [...]

Adding a forum

Brilliant youtube video explaining exactly how install a forum using phpBB. phpBB  is free!

Giving WordPress Its Own Directory

When building a website I will often work on it in seperate folder eg www.buildyourwebsite.co.nz/test No one will know it is there if you turn off  the “Blog Visibility” in the privacy settings. When the website is ready to launch I use this article to move it to the site root. http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Adding Google Analytics Code to your website

As well as the wordpress stats plugin, I use Google Analytics for getting statistics for a website. In order to validate your website you need to add some code: Go to Appearance then (Theme) Editor and find the header.php or footer.php file (I used the footer). Then paste your code above the < / body > [...]

After Life 2

After using the free Arthemia theme for a while, Afterlife was ready to move to the premium version. I added some email sign-ups for their magazine and a seperate sign up for those wanting to receive emails of all new content. This is a very attractive magazine theme from Colorlabs Project